Nested If/else in JS with <a href actions.

[SKbirdie]

I am writting a large if / else tree in an existing website. My include libraries have to be put into the html program using a scripting language called SpeedScript. These includes bring in the login data that I am testing in my if tree. Instead of using the if/else I am trying a switch.

I need to know how to write this if/else tree / switch statement. I am brand new to Javascript. Here is the code I currently have that is not working.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>eSales Center - Customer Links</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" CONTENT="No-Cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="No-Cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="0">


<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="SpeedScript">

{shared/esalesvars.i}
{shared/validate-session.i}
{shared/pp-global.i}

assign cLogin = if trim(cLogin) = "" then get-value("operinit") else cLogin.

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">

switch (cLogin)
{
     case "12102":
          <a href="/WI_testweb/12102.xls"><b><font size="3">Matrix</font></b></a><br />
          break
     case "134965":
          <a href="/WI_testweb/12102.xls"><b><font size="3">Matrix</font></b></a><br />
          break
     case "13953":
          <a href="/WI_testweb/12102.xls"><b><font size="3">Matrix</font></b></a><br />
          break
     case "13716":
          <a href="/WI_testweb/13716.xls"><b><font size="3">Matrix</font></b></a><br />
          break
     case "111667":
          <a href="/WI_testweb/111677.xls"><b><font size="3">Matrix</font></b></a><br />
	      break
     default:
 	 	  window.alert("This account does not have a custom matrix");
 }
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

[Dormilich]

in this case, you don’t even need a switch() statement.

// the language attribute is outdated
<SCRIPT tytpe="text/javascript">
// <font> is deprecated for ages
// you should use CSS for layout & styling
var matrix = {
	12102: 12102,
	134965: 12102
	// etc
};
document.body.innerHTML = '<a href="/WI_testweb/' + matrix[cLogin] + '.xls">Matrix</a>';
</SCRIPT>

[SKbirdie]

this did not work for me.

[SKbirdie]

I finally did get some code I got of a different blog to work so thanks for all the help.